Black as a Coconut and White as a Tusk: African Materials and European Displays of Christ Before Columbus

This article offers a brief examination of race, religion, and colonialism in medieval and early modern Europe by considering carved coconut chalices and ivories commissioned in continental Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries as well as literary evidence from courtly romance. I arg...

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Main Author: Gregory, Rabia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2014
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 395-408
Further subjects:B medieval ivories
B Jesus Christ
B coconut cups
B medieval Africa
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